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Course Descriptions
BUSA 214 CULTURAL INFLUENCES
ON EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
5CR
Learn about how culture and society influence the success or failure of
products, services, and goods that are offered in the marketplace. Students
will also explore new technologies-how they are shared between cultural
groups, regulatory impacts, trade practices, and influences from international
manufacturing. Prerequisites: ENGL 093, MATH 080, or instructor permission.
BUSA 220 SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS MARKETING 5CR
An overview class focusing on how to promote a small business. Topics
covered include product, pricing, promotion, distribution, and customer
considerations. Students learn professional sales techniques and cost effective
advertising strategies. Prerequisite: BUS& 101 or instructor permission.
BUSA 230 BUSINESS INVESTMENT:
FINANCING A NEW VENTURE
5CR
This course focuses on how to fund a small business venture. Topics covered
include acquisition and use of funding, money management, financial analysis
and long-term budgeting. Prerequisite: BUS& 101 or instructor permission.
BUSA 310 NEW BUSINESS VENTURES 5CR
This course examines the process of planning and launching a new business
venture. Topics include identifying and evaluating opportunities; success
and failure factors; developing, marketing, and selling products and services;
creating and managing budgets; financing the business; and legal issues.
Prerequisites: BUS& 101 or instructor permission, and admission to a
baccalaureate program.
BUSA 320 BUSINESS MARKETING 5CR
This course explores business promotion. Topics covered include market
research; product and service pricing, promotion, and distribution; and
customer service. Students will learn professional sales techniques and costeffective
marketing strategies. Prerequisites: Acceptance into a baccalaureate
program and instructor permission.
CEGT 100 INTRODUCTION TO
CIVIL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY 4CR
This course is an overview of civil engineering disciplines: Transportation
engineering, environmental engineering, and the infrastructure common in
civil engineering projects. Students will begin to conceptualize and plan civil
engineering projects such as airports, bridges, highways, etc. Prerequisite:
ENGR 113 or instructor permission.
CEGT 211 CIVIL ENGINEERING GRAPHICS 4CR
This is the entry-level civil engineering graphics course. Students will create
drawings utilizing scales, map symbols, plot plans, legal descriptions,
contours, profiles and layouts to complete civil engineering projects.
Prerequisites: ENGR 113 and ENGT 132, or instructor permission.
CEGT 221 SURVEYING 4CR
This is a fundamental course of the use of surveying equipment, instruments, and
tools. Students will learn standards for field note recording, and computations for
leveling and transversing. Emphasis is placed on basic surveying techniques in the
field. Prerequisite: CEGT 211 or instructor permission.
CEGT 231 CIVIL 3D COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN I 4CR
A course in advanced civil engineering graphics using state of the art
civil 3D software. Students learn coordinate geometry, digital terrain
modeling and design methods using profiles, cross sections and templates.
Prerequisites: ENGT 131 and CEGT 211, or instructor permission.
CEGT 232 CIVIL 3D COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN II 4CR
A course in advanced civil engineering graphics using state of the art civil
3D software. Students learn advanced terrain design, grading and profiling
techniques and calculations. Continuation of Civil 3D Computer Aided Design I.
Prerequisite: CEGT 231 or instructor permission.
CEGT 233 CIVIL 3D COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN III 4CR
A course in advanced civil engineering graphics using state of the art civil 3D
software. Students work on advanced design projects. Continuation of CEGT 232.
Prerequisite: CEGT 232.
CEGT 241 CIVIL ENGINEERING MATERIALS 4CR
Students will examine and calculate the properties of common civil
engineering materials including gravel, asphalt, concrete and steel to properly
select materials for civil engineering projects. Prerequisite: CEGT 211 or
instructor permission.
CEGT 251 BOUNDARY SURVEY AND PLAT DESIGN 4CR
In this course students will learn about the systems of public lands, legal
descriptions and how to locate the boundary lines of property using surveying
equipment also includes site and subdivision planning including topography.
Prerequisite: CEGT 221 or instructor permission.
CEGT 261 ROADWAY DESIGN AND LAYOUT 4CR
Fundamentals of roadway design. Students will learn the basics of design
specifications, horizontal and vertical alignment and layout, rights-of-way
and plan detail. Prerequisite: CEGT 212 or instructor permission.
CEGT 280 CIVIL ENGINEERING GRAPHICS
CAPSTONE PROJECT
4CR
Capstone design course where students conceptualize, apply relevant standards,
calculate elevations & quantities, properly select materials, and complete a
design project with the support of industry professionals. Students present their
project in a professional setting. Prerequisites: ENGT 258, CEGT 232.
CEGT 281 LANDSCAPE DESIGN GRAPHICS I 4CR
Basic landscape design and layout techniques emphasizing manual and/or
CAD skills. Design of private and public use areas. Prerequisites: ENGT 132 and
CEGT 211, or instructor permission.
CEGT 282 LANDSCAPE DESIGN GRAPHICS II 4CR
Advanced landscape design and layout techniques emphasizing manual and/
or CAD skills. Design of private and public use areas. Prerequisite: CEGT 281.
CHEM& 121 INTRO TO CHEMISTRY 5CR
This course will cover measurements and scientific notation, molecular
and atomic theory, chemical reactions and equations, mass/molar ratios of
balanced equations, energy and rate relationships in chemistry, equilibrium,
states of matter, solutions, and acid/base chemistry. Includes laboratory.
Prerequisites: ABED 046 or ABED 053, and MATH 098 or MATH 099, or
equivalent placement scores.
CHEM& 122 INTRODUCTION TO
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
5CR
This course is a continuation of CHEM 121, and uses the concepts learned to
understand the molecular nature of living. Organic chemistry studies all things
made of carbon, including proteins, carbohydrates, hydrocarbons, plastics,
and other substances. Prerequisite: CHEM&121 or instructor permission.
CHEM& 131 INTRODUCTION TO
ORGANIC/BIOCHEMISTRY
5CR
This course provides a survey of major functional classes of compounds
in organic and biochemistry. Topics include structure, properties, and
key metabolic reactions of the major organic and biological molecules of
prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Includes laboratory. Prerequisite: CHEM& 121.
CHEM& 161 GENERAL CHEMISTRY WITH LAB I 5CR
First in a three-course chemistry sequence for science and engineering
students. This course introduces fundamentals of chemistry, including
matter and measurement, the structure of atoms, periodicity and the
electron structure of atoms, ionic and covalent bonding, mass relationships,
and chemical reactions. Includes laboratory investigation of these topics.
Prerequisites: One year of high school chemistry or CHEM& 121, and
concurrent enrollment in MATH& 141 or placement into MATH& 142.
CHIN& 121 CHINESE I 5CR
This course is an introduction to the language and culture of the Chinesespeaking
world. Students develop skills in listening, speaking, reading, and
writing. The course covers the fundamentals of the modern Chinese language.
Pinyin, oral communication skills, and basic grammar are also covered.
Presumes no initial knowledge of Chinese.
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